Reginald de Braose

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Coat of arms of Giles and Reginald de Braose

Reginald de Braose ( 1178 - June 9, 1228 ), 6th Lord of Bramber , was a cambro-Norman nobleman.

origin

Reginald came from the old Cambro-Norman family Braose and was the third eldest son of William de Braose, 4th Baron of Bramber and his wife Maud de St Valery . His father had lost his possessions in a rebellion against King John Ohneland in 1208/09 and had died in exile in France in 1211, his eldest brother William had died in 1210 as a prisoner of the king in prison.

Fight against King John

Reginald fled to Ireland with his parents in 1208. From May 1215 he fought against the king together with his older brother Giles de Braose , Bishop of Hereford in Wales. He was supported in this by the Welsh prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth , whose daughter Gwladus Ddu Reginald married in the same year in a second marriage. With the support of the Welsh Reginald was able to conquer several castles, including Abergavenny , White Castle and Skenfrith . His father-in-law gave him the Gower , conquered in 1215, and other re-conquered estates from his father as a fief. Neither Reginald nor his brother Giles were rebels among the signatories of the Magna Carta , as they had not yet agreed with the king on the return of their father's confiscated property. Giles reached an agreement with the king in October 1215, but died shortly afterwards. Reginald took over the castles he had conquered, including Brecon , Hay and Builth Castle . The king launched a campaign against the Welsh border in 1216, burning down the castles of Hay and Radnor. In May 1216, Johann finally confirmed Reginald's claims to Brecon, Abergavenny , Radnor and Builth , but he had to forego his stake in Barnstaple .

Conflict with his Welsh father-in-law

Reginald's rule over his possessions was, however, heavily dependent on his Welsh father-in-law Llywelyn, but after the death of John on the mediation of William Marshal on June 23, 1217, he concluded a settlement with the new King Henry III. who confirmed his possessions as an English fiefdom and also gave him back the Rape of Bramber in Sussex . Llywelyn saw this deal as treason. The sons of Reginald's sister Maud , Rhys and Owain , Lords of Deheubarth occupied Builth, but could not conquer the castle. Llewelyn himself besieged Brecon. Reginald eventually surrendered in Swansea and renounced Gower, where Swansea Castle had been captured and destroyed by the Welsh. In addition, his nephew John de Braose , the eldest son of his brother William, now also asserted inheritance claims on the Braose possessions. John allied himself with Reginald's father-in-law, who eventually gave him 1220 Gower. In 1221 fighting broke out again between Llewelyn and Reginald. Llewelyn again besieged Builth, but the siege was lifted by the arrival of a royal army. Llewelyn then supported the claims of Reginald's nephew John on the land of the Braose, which Reginald finally ceded in 1226 Bramber.

In 1225 Reginald was one of the witnesses to the recognition of the Magna Carta by Henry III. Reginald died in June 1228 and was probably buried in St John's Collegiate Church in Brecon.

Family and offspring

In her first marriage, Reginald had married Grace Brewer , a daughter of William Brewer and Beatrix de Vaux . From this marriage he had a son, William de Braose , who was his heir, and a daughter Matilda, who was married to Rhys Mechyll , the eldest son of Rhys Gryg von Deheubarth. His second marriage to Gwladus Ddu remained childless. After his death, Gwladus Ddu married Ralph de Mortimer of Wigmore , with whom they had four children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joseph Foster, Some feudal coats of arms from heraldic rolls 1298-1418, p. 35
  2. ^ John Edward Lloyd: A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest . Vol. 2. Longmans, Green and Co., London 1912, pp. 644f
  3. ^ David Walker: Medieval Wales . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990. ISBN 978-0-521-31153-3 , p. 94
personal data
SURNAME Braose, Reginald de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bramber, Reginald de Braose 6th Lord of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cambro-norman nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1178
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1228